Pātaliputtaka brahmin

A brahmin of Pātaliputta. He and a friend, both of that city, having heard of the virtues of Mahānāga Thera of Kālavallimandapa in Ceylon, came by ship to Mahātittha.

One died on the way, the other went to Anurādhapura, and from there to Rohana, where he took up his abode in Cullanagaragāma and visited the Elder in his monastery. Under him he entered the Order and became an arahant. AA.i.384.

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from